пошкодувати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From по- (po-) +‎ шкодува́ти (škoduváty). Compare Belarusian пашкадава́ць (paškadavácʹ).

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Verb

пошкодува́ти (poškoduvátypf

  1. (intransitive) to regret, to rue, to be sorry
    Imperfective: шкодува́ти (škoduváty)
  2. (transitive) to feel sorry for, to pity
    Imperfective: шкодува́ти (škoduváty)
  3. (transitive) to spare, to be sparing with (keep in reserve: effort, energy, resources, time, etc.)
    Imperfective: шкодува́ти (škoduváty)
    не пошкодува́ти сил / зуси́льne poškoduváty syl / zusýlʹto spare no effort
  4. (intransitive, rare) to harm

Usage notes

  • This verb is not to be confused with пошко́джувати impf (poškódžuvaty) / пошко́дити pf (poškódyty, to damage; to harm). The rare usage of пошкодува́ти to mean 'to harm' (sense 4) may have resulted from such confusion.

Conjugation

  1. ^ Rare past passive participle, applying only to sense 4 ('to harm').

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